Conversion formula

The conversion factor from gallons to cups is 16, which means that 1 gallon is equal to 16 cups:

1 gal = 16 cup

To convert 5040 gallons into cups we have to multiply 5040 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from gallons to cups. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 gal → 16 cup

5040 gal → V_(cup)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in cups:

V_(cup) = 5040 gal × 16 cup

V_(cup) = 80640 cup

The final result is:

5040 gal → 80640 cup

We conclude that 5040 gallons is equivalent to 80640 cups:

5040 gallons = 80640 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 1.2400793650794E-5 × 5040 gallons.

Another way is saying that 5040 gallons is equal to 1 ÷ 1.2400793650794E-5 cups.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five thousand forty gallons is approximately eighty thousand six hundred forty cups:

5040 gal ≅ 80640 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately zero times five thousand forty gallons.

Conversion table

gallons to cups chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from gallons to cups